V. E. B. NICHOLSON 
D. V. NICHOLSON 
R. A. NICHOLSON 
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V E. B. NICHOLSON & SONS 
A^elsen’s Old Naval Dockyard 
English Harbour 
Antigua. 
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Jhis is oo aiapliiy our lecoer of i-he 
was dispaiched in a hurry since ii was snail 
away from the offxce for a short time. 
27th Oct, v'fxich 
day and i had to be 
we would be very interested in your proposed cruise, and 
-t will try and arrange that my son pesmond will ia.ice the vessel 
since although he has no qualifications in the scientific field, 
he is nevertheless deeply interested and would be most co-operati\ 
and hope to learn more, besides which he is a first class 
photographer and could bring sufficient apparatus from his 
dark room to be thle to develop and print on the spot pictures. 
fhere will be plenty of room for- your equipment aboard 
niSi^LMGE as she is quite a large iron built vessel with 
spacious teak decks, and I am perfectly satisfied that none 
of the activities you suggest will be harmful provided the s 
simple precaution in the matter of tubs for breaking shell ^ 
and coral etc are taken. Ihe 90ft seine, fanks,etc will not 
worry us in any w ciy clS phere v/ouid be room for many such articles ^ 
about the decks, and there is x?lcnty of interior space for the 
more delicate items. 
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jor the purpose of working on ships under-water fittings 
we have a simple diving equipment consisting of a small 
engxne driven Aii' Compressor and bottles carrying about ipo lbs 
pVT sq inch, ’.viiich pressure is fed by hose to an ordinary 
Aqualimg demand valve and mask, if this would be useful we 
could brxng the compressor unit for use with your own Aiualung 
equipment. 
